Just to be clear, when Mick is saying she would not last out there in the Outback alone, its not so much a dig at her for just being a woman, I grew up close to those areas in Australia as a kid and it takes a special sort of man to survive out there alone and not get killed. I grew up there and even I have doubts I would be able to survive out there, let alone my city cousins.
She was also over reacting, Dundee had to spend a long while to reach his level while she thought she's so accomplished in life as a big wig reporter and a grown adult but so what; you can't just be a professional at that wilderness all of the sudden, big wig reporter + adult or not. And the majority of those who are experts at that wilderness are not women either, that cold statistic is not an offensive opinion it's just the reality of the universe. So she was being "prideful" and foolish and almost got herself killed by the story, lucky Dundee is a nice guy and followed her.
" You're just a Shela," that's a common attitude among Aussie men, totally pisses off their ladies... It's a sore point with Aussie girls, how the men treat them like they don't matter.😮
Yeah, I don't know why film crickets don't like #2 that much. The plot is deeper, really, than this one. Yeah, some of the novelty has worn off but they aren't just repeating the first one nor entirely changing it, like the third did.
The most wholesome part of this movie is that when the character interacts with people - he ends up bringing out the best in everyone around him becuase he's so genuine.
😊🎉 the trailer on TV showed so much of the film in 86 I managed to convince my mates w my knowledge of the movie at lunch break,, I'd already seen it and it was amazing 🎉😂 rotten lil liar 😅😂🤯
Another movie I think you would like is The Gods Must Be Crazy. Similar to this in some ways. The 5 minute social commentary at the very beginning is worth watching by itself.
The y had Gods Must be Crazy playing on a bus I was traveling on in China full of Chinese and they were almost rolling in the aisles it was definitely not lost in translation. Given there is hardly any dialogue and is all physical comedy based it makes sense it translates well.
'Slow your roll. That man is a national treasure.' Kirk Lazarus-'Tropic Thunder' Gotta say I kind of agree with him. Paul Hogan just oozes charm. He went from working on I-beams building bridges to Australian TV, to his big break in this movie, and onward into Hollywood success basically on pure charm. This movie is no exception. It's one of those great heart warming 80s movies I come back to time and again. It's dated, but who cares. This movie never fails to put a smile on my face and that is a lot more than I can say for 80% of modern movies.
12:36 Mick actually said sticky-beak (which is Aussie slang for someone who likes to stick their "beak"/nose into other people's business), but the distributers were afraid Americans wouldn't understand it. So they dubbed "busybody" over it, which means the same thing.
The Original release of Mad Max in North America had the worst dub! They didn't thing we would understand what they were saying. Studio Ex are the dumbest people.
The original Australian version runs about 6 minutes longer than the international version. It includes more character building in the first half. There is also more swearing which was dubbed out of the international version. So the dubbing you noticed is swearing that was dubbed over.
Not all swearing. For example, the part where he says "biggest busy body" is the international version, in the Australian version he says "biggest sticky beak" I guess considered too Aussie and US audiences wouldn't understand it. I won't go through them all, but there are other sections that were changed/dubbed to suit the US. Do you know if the Aussie version is still available to buy anywhere?
I remember watching this in 1986, instant FAVORITE! We musta' went to blockbuster and had this in the rotation for at least a couple yrs.. great memories... I miss those days ... :)
That's not a reaction now THAT'S a reaction 😂 I love the subway scene very similar to COMING TO AMERICA I like that movie trope that new Yorkers are nice ppl 😂 kidding I just love that complete strangers conversing together and having nice positive interactions Also the comment section will have already stated that they married eachother. I feel TBR about the spiders in Australia as a child I had the chance of moving from UK to USA or AUSTRALIA but I said no to both USA would end up shot dead and Australia they have far too much deadly insects ..in UK we don't have anything Great movie Great Reaction WHOLESOME is literally the word to describe this movie and you BOTH said it too The interactions between people in this movie has something extremely special and positive about it
When my mom first started dating my now step-dad when this movie came out, she used to call him Crocodile Dundee because he looked like Paul Hogan. She married him and he has been the best thing ever happen to us.
Paul Hogan was actually nominated for an Oscar for best Screenplay for this movie and he won a Golden Globe for best actor in a comedy! He and his costar also fell in love while filming this movie and were happily married for over 20 years! :)
The scene in the subway near the end of the film, in which the characters reach each other by being carried over the heads of the people in the crowd, may have been included to evoke an image of Australian sheepdogs, which sometimes climb on the backs of the herd to travel quickly from one side to the other.
Paul Hogan was a bit of a flash in the pan in the U.S., but he left a priceless impression when he hosted the Oscars the same year he was nominated for best original screenplay for Dundee. He delivered one of the funniest and most memorable monologues dedicated to all the nominees who were destined to lose that night. Do a search for it... it was comedy gold.
@@206beastman Good point, there was that whole Subaru ad campaign. But at the time there was a lot of expectation in the U.S. for Hogan to continue exploding on the scene as a funny, handsome leading man, but this just didn't materialize. Crocodile's sequel was a dud, and sadly he faded from American audiences after that.
@@206beastmanyea it wasn’t until like a decade later when I was car shopping that I found out Subaru wasn’t an Australian car company. It was genuinely shocking because although I never researched it, it was just a carved in stone fact in my mind that Subaru was an Australian company.
@@ZavaXavier My point was this: "flash in the pan," at least the phrase as I know it, refers to something or someone being very popular for a short time. After CD, every company wanted to strike while the fire was hot and tried to get Hogan to do spots for this product or that. I also didn't forget that he popularized the term "shrimp on the barbie," even though it wasn't really a thing in Australia. Outback Steakhouse got pummeled with requests for shrimp on the barbie due to the success of the film, so they finally added grilled shrimp to their menu. Paul Hogan was clearly white hot but it only lasted a few years. I suspect you assume my comment was designed to insult the man somehow, but no, it's just his tenure in the U.S. was a short one. Once the Crocodile mania was over, and Hogan didn't follow it up with anything, he kind of faded in the U.S. It's not easy to get hot and stay hot.
Highly agree with those who have suggested reacting to Crocodile Dundee 2 when you get a chance. Crocodile Dundee 2 in the minds of a lot of viewers does a great job of capturing the essence and charm of the first.
Glad you guys loved this. Now you have to do the sequel, because Dundee II is a great movie too. Watching these back to back is a great way to spend a sick day or something similar
Paul Hogan and his co-star Linda Kozlowski were married from 1990-2014. Hogan and his first wife were married from 1958-1981, divorced and re-married a year later, then divorced again in 1986, the year this movie was released. Paul and Linda are both still living, and are 84 and 66 respectively.
This was the first movie I ever say as a kid at 5 year old in Australia in a small country outback town. I still remember the wooden fold out seats and my mother taking me and my two brothers on a Sunday night to a packed cinema to see this. I was close to the front row and I remember all the laughs and cheers (especially the Kangaroo shooting back, biggest laugh of the whole film) and seeing one of our own on the big screen. I remember the end when Mick got up on peoples shoulders to get to Sue, the whole cinema got up and cheered and clapped as he did so, and there I was looking at the movie and seeing people hug one another and scream at the screen in joy. It was from then on I knew I wanted to be involved in films from that day on seeing how much a movie could move people like that. Been almost 40 years now, but I still remember that feeling.
Having rewatched this and it's sequel recently I was honestly surprised how well they hold up. As an Australian I was expecting to cringe throughout but it's surprisingly balanced and doesn't go overboard with the "ocker" that I was thinking it would in a way Australian comedy can do. By all means check out part 2 but I cannot possibly overstate how much you should avoid part 3. You have now been warned. Proceed at your own risk.
after the subway scene, New Yorkers would never be that wholesome or helpful again, until they pulled an unconscious Spiderman back on after stopping the runaway train
It's not just the spiders, you also have to be careful of the snakes lizards birds sharks fish insects octopuses marsupials and especially the drop bears.
Sam's instincts are spot on regarding the water & being Croc wise in the Northern Territory (The Top End). In Crocodile country you should never ever trust any body of water, no matter the size & always assume there's a Croc in it who already knows your there before you do.
Limo driver is Reginald Vel Johnson, who played the dad in "Family Matters" that had to tolerate Steve Urkel's bullshit. He was also the cop going back and forth with Bruce Willis on the walkie-talkies in "Die Hard." You are correct that there was some ADR dubbing to avoid a stronger rating, particularly the scene with the pimp and the hookers, to avoid the scripted line "Or are you gonna fuck one of 'em?" I still kinda dig this one, but I've seen it too many times that it's novelty doesn't really hold up. Fun fact of the movie is that Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski got married after making this--Paul left his first wife to be with her. Paul and Linda divorced about 25 years later.
I saw this in the theater when it came out, and the whole theater burst into cheers and applause at the ending, probably the greatest final scene in a romantic comedy. This was very popular the year it came out, and I still like it a lot. You identified its vibe very well. It unavoidably reminds me of “Tarzan’ New York Adventure” (1942), the best of the Weismuller’s later Tarzan movies. Paul Hogan became known in the U.S. for a very popular series of commercials he did for the Australia Tourism Board. He presented the same sort of character, a super-friendly regular guy who invited you to visit him in Australia. He capitalized on that popularity to make this movie. Unfortunately, you may notice that he was getting a bit old for his co-star, and after the two sequels, he didn’t do much else that was notable, probably because he had aged out of leading man role.
As an Aussie I loved your reaction. If you would like to see some similar very funny Australian movies I would suggest THE CASTLE (1997) and THE DISH (2000). If you're looking for the best Australian drama movies I would recommend CHOPPER (2000), GALLIPOLI (1981), ROMPER STOMPER (1992) and THE PROPOSITION (2005).
The driver was on a show called Family Matters but he was also in Ghostbusters as a cop and Die Hard as the cop on the other end of John Mclain. It seems everything he is in he portrays a policeman
Congrats on discovering Paul Hogan. Not a long list of movies, but a fun time everytime. Lightning Jack (comedy western w/Cuba Gooding Jr), Flipper, Almost An Angel (the most serious movie he made). I feel I know you two well enough to say you will enjoy them all.
When Mick walks over the people in the subway it is a take on how Australian sheep dogs walk over the sheep in a pen. It goes over the head of most people.
"Crocodile Dundee" 'Pump your brakes kid that man's a national treasure' -Tropic Thunder Paul Hogan is a national treasure in Australia, he was already big time star in australia when this came out.
It's weird because this was a gigantic hit when it came out in 1986, but subsequently folks have shit on it. I agree (as did most of the country at the time) that it is an adventurous, lovely, touching, and romantic film and deserves to be remembered fondly :) It's a type of film that doesn't get made much anymore in our cynical times.
I think most people still love it but I think the Gen-Z lefty crowd on social media hate it because they find it offensive. At this point, WTF doesn't offend them.
@@BlondeManNoNamethey canceled Laura ingles wilder cause her books written about the 1870s because of depictions of native Americans and the N word was used in a quote it was so bad they removed her name from a literature award because of her “dated attitudes” on cultural things in her time. Her books where labeled offensive and removed from school libraries and she has been labeled a racist
Paul Hogan did TV advertisements that were shown in the US to promote tourism for Australia back in the 80's. The famous phrase from the ads was "I'll slip an extra shrimp on the barbie for you". "Barbie" is Australian slang for barbecue. However, what has always been funny to Australians is that in Australia they almost never use the word shrimp. They almost always refer to shrimp as prawns. Calling them shrimp was just done for the American audience, who were presumed to not know what the heck prawns were
Finally! Glad someone has reacted to Crocodile Dundee! I love this movie! I’m just commenting from the start of the reaction and can’t wait to y’all’s reaction!
"That's not a knife. THIS is a knife." Love this movie. Has a grea fun premise. Such a shame Paul Hogan is no longer acting as he had $150 million dollars in unpaid taxes by the Australian government.
A true classic. This movie basically charmed the entire western world at the time. Literally made everyone from all walks of life smile and buzz about it for a minute. He went from an Aussie treasure to a worldwide treasure. Must watch part 2. Fun fact: I always heard Paul Hogan met and fell in love with that actress on this movie in real life, left his wife for her, and they've been blissfully married for years and years ever since. They both became sort of a package deal "treasure". It feels like they basically only needed each other for their bliss and were pretty private, but it was the public that demanded they be on screen again a couple years later, cause they are too adorable. So they did part 2, and it's a perfect follow up. Then a couple decades passed and everyone was like "Feels like something's missing. Part of our soul is just forgotten. Oh yeah! We need Mick and Sue again!" So they did a part 3, much older, and we all loved seeing them again, but the movie was crap :-p Was just an excuse to get an update on our beloved example of true love finding each other from opposite ends of the Earth right before our very eyes.
Can't believe *Role Models* and *Old School* finished on the bottom of your poll. What sort of people vote on your polls?! *Spinal Tap* was close to winning and is a must see.
In the 80's you could run into break dancers in cities, usually on a piece of cardboard, hoping for donations like street musicians. Break dancing was new and became huge.
I remember watching this at the movies, I was 11 and will never forget the audience applauding at the end :) it was HUGE and a box office success. I don't know why it's dubbed but they need to restore the original and destroy the poorly dubbed ones. I have to say, I do enjoy Crocodile Dundee 2 more :)
Fun film. Part of it leaves me a bit sad looking back. There were six of us who were all best childhood friends. This was the last movie we all saw together at the theater. We all still keep in touch nearly 30 years later, but it's just not the same as it was.
I saw this in the theater as a kid. It was a massive hit. I'll never forget her booking it to the subway station. I didn't realize how handsome he actually is. You gotta get old to see these things. 🙂 I feel like Daniel's going to be more scared of Australia now. But why does everyone think you get yelled at the minute you get to NYC? I'll never understand. 🥺
My friend and I got yelled at our first time in NYC too. 😂 We had driven there, kept seeing "Don't Block The Box" signs everywhere and uh, at some intersection my friend who was driving blocked the box. 🤦🏻♀ We got called "fucking assholes" by probably 5 people driving by. Totally our fault though.
If I were capable of being nostalgic for the 80s (actually living through them made that impossible 😛), this movie would do it. They made FUN movies in those days, and this one shines in that light!
Jungle Jim was an attempted movie alternative to Tarzan back in the old days. I hope you'll be reacting to Crocodile Dundee 2. I loved it as much as the first. Paul Hogan left his wife for her, and they were then married for decades. "Family Matters." Also a cop in Die Hard and Die Hard 2.
1st generation Aussie here...love this movie. Hilarious that some of my overseas relatives think all Aussies are like this and we all live in the Outback with no technology
I grew up in Canada. In the early 80s Aussie movies landed in Canada and I went crazy for them. I love "Gallipoli", "The Man From Snowy River", "The Road Warrior", "The Year of Living Dangerously". "Mad Max" didn't count because they did a shit dub on the movie in its Canadian release. Back in 1980 Film Studios didn't think North Americas would understand Aussie accents. It took 30 years before I could hear the original voices. Peter Weir is brilliant! People forget history. It was those movies that put you on the Map. Dundee was final film that made Australia the number one place to go.
Wholesome: Siskel and Ebert reviewed this and discussed why it was a big hit in the USA and that's exactly why. People wanted to go see a nice film where you could take the whole family and have a laugh.
I adore this movie, thanks for sharing your reaction! I'm glad you both enjoyed it. The sequel rounds things out pretty nicely, I think you'd like it too. You should definitely visit Australia! I've been a few times. I recommend Cairns, Queensland. In the urban areas it's perfectly safe. The thing that struck me the most was just how much life there is. Lizards, birds and fruit bats everywhere. I did almost walk face-first into a spiderweb with a spider the size of a dinner plate in the center, but that was out in the bush away from the path. 😅
The driver, Gus, was played by Reginald VelJohnson. He was also was the principal cop outside the building in Die Hard and was the dad in Family Matters, among a lot of other credits.
Great reaction, you two, and I'm so glad SOMEONE is reacting to this movie, because I've always had a warm spot in my heart for it. Now, you didn't seem to notice him at first, and then, you sort of did but couldn't figure out where you knew him from, but Gus, the limo driver, was the cop in Die Hard that John McClain kept talking to over the walkie talkie ... that was hinted at that he eats a LOT of Twinkies. He also played the dad (Carl Winslow) in Family Matters with Steve Erkel, his neighbor, which is where, as you indicated, that you probably knew him from. Finally, DEFINITELY watch at least Crocodile Dundee II. It's also a hoot🦉... Update: Forgot to mention, he married Sue (Linda Kozlowski) in REAL life (1990-2014) and reprised her role as Sue Dundee (née Charlton) in the entire series (1986-2001).
My family moved from England to the US about a year before this came out. I was 14 and so bombarded with people asking me to say lines from the movie, and NOT understanding that English people are not Australian, that I actually started speaking with an American accent. Fashion aside, it actually holds up pretty well nearly four decades later. Cheers.
I know the feeling. I had to start hiding my southern accent when I moved north because everyone would hear it and automatically deduct about 20 IQ points.
@@WinterRaven25 🤣that's quite ironic since in the UK the dumb low IQ horrible accents all come from the north and the south is just normal ISH ..maybe a bit farmer
I love this movie! And there's another wholesome Aussie movie with about the same feel, with a very young Hugh Jackman, from about 1999. Paperback Hero. About an Aussie guy who wrote a romance novel, and it becomes a hit. But he is an outback Aussie road train driver. Yeah, you spotted it in this movie, "it is like a train". In Australia they have road trains. Trucks with lots and lots of trailers. And if you are that kind of guy, you can't have your mates find out you wrote a romance novel...
that would be a YES for Crocodile Dundee II , and also a yes for the 3rd one "Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles" neither are masterpieces, but they are not bad enough to ignore either.
The sequel is pretty good too and worth watching. It had a little more serious tone to it and had its comedy moments. Some other good aus-ploitation movies: RazorBack Wolf Creek Boat Mad Max franchise Rogue (2007)
Gus the chauffeur did such a good job, he got promoted to Sgt. Al Powell in "Die Hard" !
Did I do that???
Carl Winslow
Made Argyle look like a puss.
He's also briefly in Ghostbusters.
He was also the dad in the TV sitcom FAMILY MATTERS.😊
Just to be clear, when Mick is saying she would not last out there in the Outback alone, its not so much a dig at her for just being a woman, I grew up close to those areas in Australia as a kid and it takes a special sort of man to survive out there alone and not get killed. I grew up there and even I have doubts I would be able to survive out there, let alone my city cousins.
She was also over reacting, Dundee had to spend a long while to reach his level while she thought she's so accomplished in life as a big wig reporter and a grown adult but so what; you can't just be a professional at that wilderness all of the sudden, big wig reporter + adult or not. And the majority of those who are experts at that wilderness are not women either, that cold statistic is not an offensive opinion it's just the reality of the universe. So she was being "prideful" and foolish and almost got herself killed by the story, lucky Dundee is a nice guy and followed her.
" You're just a Shela," that's a common attitude among Aussie men, totally pisses off their ladies... It's a sore point with Aussie girls, how the men treat them like they don't matter.😮
@@johncox6321 And you know this cause you are Australian or just going on some common suggestion?
@@gutz1981he’s really just responding to an outdated stereotype that isn’t specific to Australia.
Crocodile Dundee 2 is definitely worth a watch. Mick and Sue are a great couple together in the sequel.
They’re married in real life!!
@@mariaghiglieri78 They were. Sadly they divorced in 2014.
Oh, one hundred percent, I actually like the second one more.
Definitely watch #2 - it's even more fun. After that, I wouldn't bother. Cheers.
Yeah, I don't know why film crickets don't like #2 that much. The plot is deeper, really, than this one. Yeah, some of the novelty has worn off but they aren't just repeating the first one nor entirely changing it, like the third did.
The most wholesome part of this movie is that when the character interacts with people - he ends up bringing out the best in everyone around him becuase he's so genuine.
Except the pimp😂
@@jannathompson2262 Hahaha
On a $8.8 million dollar budget, it made $328 million dollars at the box office, making it the second highest grossing films of 1986
And Paul Hogan took in $100 million of that.
Wasn't it highest grossing independent film for a while?
80s was a great decade for comedy, and they made bank at the box office.
😊🎉 the trailer on TV showed so much of the film in 86 I managed to convince my mates w my knowledge of the movie at lunch break,, I'd already seen it and it was amazing 🎉😂 rotten lil liar 😅😂🤯
@@harrymarshallthat’s funny
Crocodile Dundee 2 is a great sequel. It shifts genres to more of an action/adventure and does it really, really well.
You guys definitely need to watch the second one.
Hear hear - great bookend to the first film!
Yeah, I haven’t seen the second one since the late 80’s, but as I recall it was pretty good.
I actually like it more than the original. But they are both good.
I second that!
Absolutely, it’s just as good I feel.
Another movie I think you would like is The Gods Must Be Crazy. Similar to this in some ways. The 5 minute social commentary at the very beginning is worth watching by itself.
Yeah!! This one is SPECIAL!! 😀👍
The y had Gods Must be Crazy playing on a bus I was traveling on in China full of Chinese and they were almost rolling in the aisles it was definitely not lost in translation. Given there is hardly any dialogue and is all physical comedy based it makes sense it translates well.
Was thinking the same!
Very funny movie.
'Slow your roll. That man is a national treasure.' Kirk Lazarus-'Tropic Thunder' Gotta say I kind of agree with him. Paul Hogan just oozes charm. He went from working on I-beams building bridges to Australian TV, to his big break in this movie, and onward into Hollywood success basically on pure charm. This movie is no exception. It's one of those great heart warming 80s movies I come back to time and again. It's dated, but who cares. This movie never fails to put a smile on my face and that is a lot more than I can say for 80% of modern movies.
And he made Subarus cool cars😀😀🙂
Loved his tv show with strop back in the day! Couldnt make that now days!
A lesser known but really fun movie starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski is "Almost an Angel"
Paul had a Comedy show in Australia.
Love it! So funny!@yt45204
This was a huge hit when it came out and everyone suddenly had one of those hats and was quoting him. So much fun! I'm so glad you guys enjoyed it.
Quoted him in school on a regular basis lol
This was a cultural phenomenon when it came out.
One of the biggest films of the 80s
The scene which makes this movie the true powerhouse it is, is the people helping Mick get to Sue. Gives me the onions every time.
12:36 Mick actually said sticky-beak (which is Aussie slang for someone who likes to stick their "beak"/nose into other people's business), but the distributers were afraid Americans wouldn't understand it. So they dubbed "busybody" over it, which means the same thing.
The Original release of Mad Max in North America had the worst dub! They didn't thing we would understand what they were saying. Studio Ex are the dumbest people.
Thanks for that information. Had no clue.
Americans struggle to Google references to outside cultures haha
@@theskorpiqn3789 Google? In 1986? The creators of Google were probably fetuses.
@@theskorpiqn3789 kinda hard to Google stuff in ‘86.
The original Australian version runs about 6 minutes longer than the international version. It includes more character building in the first half. There is also more swearing which was dubbed out of the international version. So the dubbing you noticed is swearing that was dubbed over.
Did not know that, now i want to see the version i missed!! Then again, not seen this since the 90's lol
Not all swearing. For example, the part where he says "biggest busy body" is the international version, in the Australian version he says "biggest sticky beak" I guess considered too Aussie and US audiences wouldn't understand it. I won't go through them all, but there are other sections that were changed/dubbed to suit the US.
Do you know if the Aussie version is still available to buy anywhere?
I didn't know that. I've only seen the the Aussie version.
@@EngiocGames Not that I'm aware of. It's certainly not available here in Australia at the moment.
It’s much like how they dubbed the US release of “The Castle” to remove anything that seemed too unfamiliar for US audiences.
The chauffeur was played by Reginald VelJohnson, who played police Sergeant Al Powell in Die Hard 1&2. He also played the dad on Family Matters.
Carl Winslow.
And a New York City policeman in Ghostbusters.
He was also in Turner & Hooch with Tom Hanks and the first Ghostbusters.
He also voices himself and the principal of the school named after him in Invincible.
Reginald VelJohnson seems like the coolest damn guy.
THe world needs more Dundees thas for sure. The sequel is phenomenal.
Hope you watch Crocodile Dundee 2. It’s such a good sequel. I’m sure y’all will like it.
I prefer the sequel. 🐊
"Quigley Down Under" is another Outback action movie worth watching.
For context, this movie was a _huge_ part of American pop culture in the 80’s. It’s strange to see how relatively little known it seems to be today.
Put anotha shrimp on the bahbie
Shout out to Yahoo Serious and Quigley Down Under.
And Rocco's Modern Life, I guess.
I remember watching this in 1986, instant FAVORITE! We musta' went to blockbuster and had this in the rotation for at least a couple yrs.. great memories... I miss those days ... :)
@@motorcycleboy9000 Fun fact you might already know but others might not, we don't call them shrimp in Australia.. We call them prawns.
@____0____ oh crikey
It always makes me smile when crocodioe dundee talks to the doorman as everyone else just steps on the poor guy
Please watch Crocodile Dundee 2. I actually like the sequel more. Also 3 Men and a Little Lady.
But only Dundee 2, avoid Dundee3 - crap and waste of time - boring and awful sequel.
That's not a reaction
now THAT'S a reaction 😂
I love the subway scene very similar to COMING TO AMERICA I like that movie trope that new Yorkers are nice ppl 😂 kidding I just love that complete strangers conversing together and having nice positive interactions
Also the comment section will have already stated that they married eachother.
I feel TBR about the spiders in Australia as a child I had the chance of moving from UK to USA or AUSTRALIA but I said no to both USA would end up shot dead and Australia they have far too much deadly insects ..in UK we don't have anything
Great movie Great Reaction
WHOLESOME is literally the word to describe this movie and you BOTH said it too
The interactions between people in this movie has something extremely special and positive about it
When my mom first started dating my now step-dad when this movie came out, she used to call him Crocodile Dundee because he looked like Paul Hogan. She married him and he has been the best thing ever happen to us.
in case you guys didn't notice, the cop on the horse was a fellow Australian. Hence the friendly horse ride back to his hotel.
No.
Paul Hogan was actually nominated for an Oscar for best Screenplay for this movie and he won a Golden Globe for best actor in a comedy! He and his costar also fell in love while filming this movie and were happily married for over 20 years! :)
Yeah, he left his wife for her.
And his kids, nice guy.@@TvGyrl
Couldn't blame him.
I guess, originally he was an Australian comedian and had his own tv-show.
His granddaughter works for channel 7. Mylee Hogan
The scene in the subway near the end of the film, in which the characters reach each other by being carried over the heads of the people in the crowd, may have been included to evoke an image of Australian sheepdogs, which sometimes climb on the backs of the herd to travel quickly from one side to the other.
Paul Hogan was a bit of a flash in the pan in the U.S., but he left a priceless impression when he hosted the Oscars the same year he was nominated for best original screenplay for Dundee. He delivered one of the funniest and most memorable monologues dedicated to all the nominees who were destined to lose that night. Do a search for it... it was comedy gold.
Not really a flash in the pan between this movie and Subaru. I thought Subaru was an Australian car company not jdm
@@206beastman Good point, there was that whole Subaru ad campaign. But at the time there was a lot of expectation in the U.S. for Hogan to continue exploding on the scene as a funny, handsome leading man, but this just didn't materialize. Crocodile's sequel was a dud, and sadly he faded from American audiences after that.
@@a1superfantastic The sequel did pretty good in the theaters also you forgot what America took notice of him his Australian tourism commercials.
@@206beastmanyea it wasn’t until like a decade later when I was car shopping that I found out Subaru wasn’t an Australian car company. It was genuinely shocking because although I never researched it, it was just a carved in stone fact in my mind that Subaru was an Australian company.
@@ZavaXavier My point was this: "flash in the pan," at least the phrase as I know it, refers to something or someone being very popular for a short time. After CD, every company wanted to strike while the fire was hot and tried to get Hogan to do spots for this product or that. I also didn't forget that he popularized the term "shrimp on the barbie," even though it wasn't really a thing in Australia. Outback Steakhouse got pummeled with requests for shrimp on the barbie due to the success of the film, so they finally added grilled shrimp to their menu. Paul Hogan was clearly white hot but it only lasted a few years. I suspect you assume my comment was designed to insult the man somehow, but no, it's just his tenure in the U.S. was a short one. Once the Crocodile mania was over, and Hogan didn't follow it up with anything, he kind of faded in the U.S. It's not easy to get hot and stay hot.
Highly agree with those who have suggested reacting to Crocodile Dundee 2 when you get a chance. Crocodile Dundee 2 in the minds of a lot of viewers does a great job of capturing the essence and charm of the first.
Glad you guys loved this. Now you have to do the sequel, because Dundee II is a great movie too. Watching these back to back is a great way to spend a sick day or something similar
Peter Best's score is really underrated. It carries that whole ending sequence.
Paul Hogan and his co-star Linda Kozlowski were married from 1990-2014. Hogan and his first wife were married from 1958-1981, divorced and re-married a year later, then divorced again in 1986, the year this movie was released. Paul and Linda are both still living, and are 84 and 66 respectively.
This was the first movie I ever say as a kid at 5 year old in Australia in a small country outback town. I still remember the wooden fold out seats and my mother taking me and my two brothers on a Sunday night to a packed cinema to see this. I was close to the front row and I remember all the laughs and cheers (especially the Kangaroo shooting back, biggest laugh of the whole film) and seeing one of our own on the big screen. I remember the end when Mick got up on peoples shoulders to get to Sue, the whole cinema got up and cheered and clapped as he did so, and there I was looking at the movie and seeing people hug one another and scream at the screen in joy. It was from then on I knew I wanted to be involved in films from that day on seeing how much a movie could move people like that. Been almost 40 years now, but I still remember that feeling.
YES!!
The knife quote is legendary!!!
I loved that scene!!!
Having rewatched this and it's sequel recently I was honestly surprised how well they hold up. As an Australian I was expecting to cringe throughout but it's surprisingly balanced and doesn't go overboard with the "ocker" that I was thinking it would in a way Australian comedy can do. By all means check out part 2 but I cannot possibly overstate how much you should avoid part 3. You have now been warned. Proceed at your own risk.
Agree - Dundee3 is a crap, don't watch - will be waste of time.
The Australian National Treasure let's go! 🤘🏻
Best line in the movie “ that’s not a knife…THAT’S a knife 🔪…” 😱😱😱
This movie was huge in the 1980s. My parents let me watch it and I was only 6, lol.
I was 7 when it came out and watched it, then pretended to be Australian for my 2nd grade classmates 😁
It was the 80s. I saw First Blood when I was 6:years old.
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One thing you have to watch out for in Australia is drop bears. Vicious little things that look a lot like koalas.
Many people have confused them with koalas and realised too late their mistake. Ouch!
after the subway scene, New Yorkers would never be that wholesome or helpful again, until they pulled an unconscious Spiderman back on after stopping the runaway train
It's not just the spiders, you also have to be careful of the snakes lizards birds sharks fish insects octopuses marsupials and especially the drop bears.
Borneo is much Worse... *EVERYTHING IS TOXIC and wants to Kill you.* Think of Borneo as the planets natural Toxic Waste Repository.
oh...and let's not forget the saltwater CROCODILES
The Drop Bears are the worst.
Ummmm even in the cities?😳
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Open your sun visor in your car and find a giant spider there at 100 kph...
Literally one of the best Australian Comedy Feature Films ever made to screen!
Along with Danny Deckchair, and Muriel's Wedding
"Get on the right side of the road ya pelican!" 🤣
they were on the right side.. the right hand side is the right side in the US!
@@andrewmurray1550 Thats the whole concept of the move and which I mentioned it.
Sam's instincts are spot on regarding the water & being Croc wise in the Northern Territory (The Top End). In Crocodile country you should never ever trust any body of water, no matter the size & always assume there's a Croc in it who already knows your there before you do.
I haven't seen this movie in probably 30 years and it was a blast to see it again through your eyes!
Your channel is one of the best out there.
I love these first two Crocodile Dundee movies so so much. Any time they are on TV I drop everything and have to watch all the way through 😅
I love it when this movie is referenced in Tropic Thunder, and Robert Downy Jr says "pump your brakes kid, that man's a national treasure" lol
Watched this movie so many times with my mawmaw while i was young. She loved it and I still do...great reaction, glad y'all liked it.
11:09 "good thing a man was there." -daniel
love sam's laugh. 🥰😆
Limo driver is Reginald Vel Johnson, who played the dad in "Family Matters" that had to tolerate Steve Urkel's bullshit. He was also the cop going back and forth with Bruce Willis on the walkie-talkies in "Die Hard." You are correct that there was some ADR dubbing to avoid a stronger rating, particularly the scene with the pimp and the hookers, to avoid the scripted line "Or are you gonna fuck one of 'em?" I still kinda dig this one, but I've seen it too many times that it's novelty doesn't really hold up. Fun fact of the movie is that Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski got married after making this--Paul left his first wife to be with her. Paul and Linda divorced about 25 years later.
"Hello Mick? GET STUFFED!" Is my favorite line from this :)
I saw this in the theater when it came out, and the whole theater burst into cheers and applause at the ending, probably the greatest final scene in a romantic comedy. This was very popular the year it came out, and I still like it a lot. You identified its vibe very well. It unavoidably reminds me of “Tarzan’ New York Adventure” (1942), the best of the Weismuller’s later Tarzan movies.
Paul Hogan became known in the U.S. for a very popular series of commercials he did for the Australia Tourism Board. He presented the same sort of character, a super-friendly regular guy who invited you to visit him in Australia. He capitalized on that popularity to make this movie. Unfortunately, you may notice that he was getting a bit old for his co-star, and after the two sequels, he didn’t do much else that was notable, probably because he had aged out of leading man role.
As an Aussie I loved your reaction. If you would like to see some similar very funny Australian movies I would suggest THE CASTLE (1997) and THE DISH (2000). If you're looking for the best Australian drama movies I would recommend CHOPPER (2000), GALLIPOLI (1981), ROMPER STOMPER (1992) and THE PROPOSITION (2005).
The driver was on a show called Family Matters but he was also in Ghostbusters as a cop and Die Hard as the cop on the other end of John Mclain. It seems everything he is in he portrays a policeman
Congrats on discovering Paul Hogan. Not a long list of movies, but a fun time everytime. Lightning Jack (comedy western w/Cuba Gooding Jr), Flipper, Almost An Angel (the most serious movie he made). I feel I know you two well enough to say you will enjoy them all.
28:47 He played Carl Winslow in Family Matters. One of the best TV dads of all time.
And Sgt Al Powell in Die Hard!
When Mick walks over the people in the subway it is a take on how Australian sheep dogs walk over the sheep in a pen. It goes over the head of most people.
"Crocodile Dundee"
'Pump your brakes kid that man's a national treasure' -Tropic Thunder
Paul Hogan is a national treasure in Australia, he was already big time star in australia when this came out.
It's weird because this was a gigantic hit when it came out in 1986, but subsequently folks have shit on it. I agree (as did most of the country at the time) that it is an adventurous, lovely, touching, and romantic film and deserves to be remembered fondly :) It's a type of film that doesn't get made much anymore in our cynical times.
I think most people still love it but I think the Gen-Z lefty crowd on social media hate it because they find it offensive. At this point, WTF doesn't offend them.
@@EddieHenderson92 That's just ridiculous and lame. A movie like this could not be made anymore because people would find it offensive. Geesh.
@@BlondeManNoNamethey canceled Laura ingles wilder cause her books written about the 1870s because of depictions of native Americans and the N word was used in a quote it was so bad they removed her name from a literature award because of her “dated attitudes” on cultural things in her time. Her books where labeled offensive and removed from school libraries and she has been labeled a racist
@@frances3064That's lame.
Paul Hogan did TV advertisements that were shown in the US to promote tourism for Australia back in the 80's. The famous phrase from the ads was "I'll slip an extra shrimp on the barbie for you". "Barbie" is Australian slang for barbecue. However, what has always been funny to Australians is that in Australia they almost never use the word shrimp. They almost always refer to shrimp as prawns. Calling them shrimp was just done for the American audience, who were presumed to not know what the heck prawns were
He also made Subaru a cool car brand. Tried to get my dad to buy one of those 4x4 station wagons🤣
Not funny...bloody annoying!! 😄 🦐
Another fun movie with Paul Hogan is "Lightning Jack." It also has Cuba Gooding Jr, and I think Beverly D'Angelo. Very silly and worth a watch.
As an Australian it's awesome at the start of the film when you said "That was like a train" when you saw a road train hahaha
Finally! Glad someone has reacted to Crocodile Dundee! I love this movie! I’m just commenting from the start of the reaction and can’t wait to y’all’s reaction!
"That's not a knife. THIS is a knife."
Love this movie.
Has a grea fun premise.
Such a shame Paul Hogan is no longer acting as he had $150 million dollars in unpaid taxes by the Australian government.
They even have Arnold doing the line lol th-cam.com/users/shortsAPU0lCBsDNc
That's a spoon.
Well that answers My Question, Thanks Shane.
*knoife
Misquoted it
A true classic. This movie basically charmed the entire western world at the time. Literally made everyone from all walks of life smile and buzz about it for a minute. He went from an Aussie treasure to a worldwide treasure. Must watch part 2.
Fun fact: I always heard Paul Hogan met and fell in love with that actress on this movie in real life, left his wife for her, and they've been blissfully married for years and years ever since. They both became sort of a package deal "treasure". It feels like they basically only needed each other for their bliss and were pretty private, but it was the public that demanded they be on screen again a couple years later, cause they are too adorable. So they did part 2, and it's a perfect follow up. Then a couple decades passed and everyone was like "Feels like something's missing. Part of our soul is just forgotten. Oh yeah! We need Mick and Sue again!" So they did a part 3, much older, and we all loved seeing them again, but the movie was crap :-p Was just an excuse to get an update on our beloved example of true love finding each other from opposite ends of the Earth right before our very eyes.
Sadly they divorced in 2014. Weirdly he married his first wife twice, they divorced in 81 and he re-married her in 82!
All time classic. Hell yeah. 2nd one is good also. Great reaction y'all.
Can't believe *Role Models* and *Old School* finished on the bottom of your poll.
What sort of people vote on your polls?!
*Spinal Tap* was close to winning and is a must see.
In the 80's you could run into break dancers in cities, usually on a piece of cardboard, hoping for donations like street musicians. Break dancing was new and became huge.
The limousine driver was Carl Winslow on Family Matters and a cop on Die Hard which you reacted to I believe.
I remember watching this at the movies, I was 11 and will never forget the audience applauding at the end :) it was HUGE and a box office success.
I don't know why it's dubbed but they need to restore the original and destroy the poorly dubbed ones. I have to say, I do enjoy Crocodile Dundee 2 more :)
I think this is the only version, it's always been like that.
I'm sure it was down what separates pg-13 & R in th 80's.
ah, the acid washed jacket. classic. first channel appearence in Saving Private Ryan (1998). 👍🏼
rip Saving Private Ryan reaction. 😞
Fun film. Part of it leaves me a bit sad looking back. There were six of us who were all best childhood friends. This was the last movie we all saw together at the theater. We all still keep in touch nearly 30 years later, but it's just not the same as it was.
I saw this in the theater as a kid. It was a massive hit. I'll never forget her booking it to the subway station. I didn't realize how handsome he actually is. You gotta get old to see these things. 🙂
I feel like Daniel's going to be more scared of Australia now. But why does everyone think you get yelled at the minute you get to NYC? I'll never understand. 🥺
We did get yelled at the minute we got to NYC 😂
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My friend and I got yelled at our first time in NYC too. 😂 We had driven there, kept seeing "Don't Block The Box" signs everywhere and uh, at some intersection my friend who was driving blocked the box. 🤦🏻♀ We got called "fucking assholes" by probably 5 people driving by. Totally our fault though.
@@LadyBeyondTheWall honestly, I feel like yelling at you right now for that. 😊 j/k 🤗
@@antoinettelopes 😂 It's okay. In our case, it was totally justified!
The sequel was on TV so often while growing up that I honestly thought the sequel was the original. I personally prefer the sequel.
So you guys got 2 more movies to check out. In the crocodile dundee franchise the second one is probably my favourite
If I were capable of being nostalgic for the 80s (actually living through them made that impossible 😛), this movie would do it. They made FUN movies in those days, and this one shines in that light!
Such a shame that movies today have no charm or fun like this movie!
I don't know...saying that they "made fun movies in those days," implying that they don't really anymore, does pretty much sound like nostalgia.
Nostalgia will exist in every time
So enjoy today and every day
Funny how we never hear much about AIDS anymore, huh?
@@jean-paulaudette9246 Not really, a treatment was found in 1987. Edit: developed - not found
Jungle Jim was an attempted movie alternative to Tarzan back in the old days.
I hope you'll be reacting to Crocodile Dundee 2. I loved it as much as the first.
Paul Hogan left his wife for her, and they were then married for decades.
"Family Matters." Also a cop in Die Hard and Die Hard 2.
1st generation Aussie here...love this movie. Hilarious that some of my overseas relatives think all Aussies are like this and we all live in the Outback with no technology
I grew up in Canada. In the early 80s Aussie movies landed in Canada and I went crazy for them. I love "Gallipoli", "The Man From Snowy River", "The Road Warrior", "The Year of Living Dangerously". "Mad Max" didn't count because they did a shit dub on the movie in its Canadian release. Back in 1980 Film Studios didn't think North Americas would understand Aussie accents. It took 30 years before I could hear the original voices. Peter Weir is brilliant! People forget history. It was those movies that put you on the Map. Dundee was final film that made Australia the number one place to go.
Wait a second.... what kind of low-tech aboriginal device are you typing this on???? J/k 😂 (Been there & loved it)
@@clevelandcbiIt’s an oiPhone.
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Most Americans around my age(35 - 45) got most of our image of Australia from this movie😝
Not sure how you ended up on my feed, but I’m glad you did ! Great reaction to a great movie .
Wholesome: Siskel and Ebert reviewed this and discussed why it was a big hit in the USA and that's exactly why. People wanted to go see a nice film where you could take the whole family and have a laugh.
I adore this movie, thanks for sharing your reaction! I'm glad you both enjoyed it. The sequel rounds things out pretty nicely, I think you'd like it too.
You should definitely visit Australia! I've been a few times. I recommend Cairns, Queensland. In the urban areas it's perfectly safe. The thing that struck me the most was just how much life there is. Lizards, birds and fruit bats everywhere. I did almost walk face-first into a spiderweb with a spider the size of a dinner plate in the center, but that was out in the bush away from the path. 😅
You Two Are Adorable!!
Good thing there was a man around!!!💕😂
Great reaction, absolutely loved this movie growing up
The driver, Gus, was played by Reginald VelJohnson. He was also was the principal cop outside the building in Die Hard and was the dad in Family Matters, among a lot of other credits.
Gus was promoted later to a cop :)
And changed his name to Al, and later Carl Winslow@@piotrk.8652
I remember seeing this in the theater -- everyone was talking about it and it was a must-see. The 2nd one is good and I also liked the 3rd one.
Haven’t even watched yet. And I know this will be a banger! This takes me back to my childhood
Great reaction, you two, and I'm so glad SOMEONE is reacting to this movie, because I've always had a warm spot in my heart for it.
Now, you didn't seem to notice him at first, and then, you sort of did but couldn't figure out where you knew him from, but Gus, the limo driver, was the cop in Die Hard that John McClain kept talking to over the walkie talkie ... that was hinted at that he eats a LOT of Twinkies. He also played the dad (Carl Winslow) in Family Matters with Steve Erkel, his neighbor, which is where, as you indicated, that you probably knew him from. Finally, DEFINITELY watch at least Crocodile Dundee II. It's also a hoot🦉...
Update: Forgot to mention, he married Sue (Linda Kozlowski) in REAL life (1990-2014) and reprised her role as Sue Dundee (née Charlton) in the entire series (1986-2001).
My family moved from England to the US about a year before this came out. I was 14 and so bombarded with people asking me to say lines from the movie, and NOT understanding that English people are not Australian, that I actually started speaking with an American accent. Fashion aside, it actually holds up pretty well nearly four decades later. Cheers.
that's funny. 😁
Haha say Throw another shrimp on the barby! come on, say it!!!
When Americans try to do an English accent it sounds Australian
I know the feeling. I had to start hiding my southern accent when I moved north because everyone would hear it and automatically deduct about 20 IQ points.
@@WinterRaven25 🤣that's quite ironic since in the UK the dumb low IQ horrible accents all come from the north and the south is just normal ISH ..maybe a bit farmer
I love this movie! And there's another wholesome Aussie movie with about the same feel, with a very young Hugh Jackman, from about 1999. Paperback Hero. About an Aussie guy who wrote a romance novel, and it becomes a hit. But he is an outback Aussie road train driver. Yeah, you spotted it in this movie, "it is like a train". In Australia they have road trains. Trucks with lots and lots of trailers. And if you are that kind of guy, you can't have your mates find out you wrote a romance novel...
Just when I was going to go to bed...this drops...❤❤❤
Love your Reactions!!!
I can't believe you haven't seen Big with Tom Hanks. It came a close second in the poll and it's a definite must watch. Another iconic movie.
Punchline (1988) is better. Hanks and Sally Field were outstanding.
@@Stogie2112 great movie 👍
If they do Big they have to do VICE VERSA as well
You're spot on about the driver. He's the dad in family matters, one of the tgif family sitcoms from the 90s
I hope you can do Crocodile Dundee 2 soon. Its a toss-up as to which one is better but I think the second one was much more memorable.
I think I saw this the fall it came out, and was the kind of movie that just makes you feel more positive about... everything!
i grew up watching this movie. you have to do the crocodile dundee 2
that would be a YES for Crocodile Dundee II ,
and also a yes for the 3rd one "Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles"
neither are masterpieces, but they are not bad enough to ignore either.
Agreed
It's one of the best comedies of the 80s 9/10
The sequel is pretty good too and worth watching. It had a little more serious tone to it and had its comedy moments. Some other good aus-ploitation movies:
RazorBack
Wolf Creek
Boat
Mad Max franchise
Rogue (2007)
You should watch Crocodile Dundee 2 after this.
HEY DAN, HI SAM!😊HOPE YOU GUYS ARE DOING GREAT!💯